[There has been a] review of some of the activities that take place between the United States and France on a bilateral basis, … Some of our joint military activities are being looked at in light of the changed circumstances.

[The road map for Middle East peace, developed by the United States, the United Nations, Russia and the European Union,] places obligations and responsibilities on all of the parties, … We must see the end of terror and the end of violence.

Everybody knows what [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein should be doing, and if he isn’t doing it and shows no indication he’s doing it, I think we can present a strong enough argument for the second resolution that we put down,

Every time one of these events happens, it takes us off the course we were on for a while, … But it is a course that, ultimately, we have to get back to because no matter how many military operations one conducts, or how many suicide bombs are delivered, at the end of the day we have to find a political solution.